Creating Art for my living is what I do!
Watch the artwork evolve and see how I juggle real life and creativity as a working artist!
Along with my Artist husband, Stephen Filarsky, we built our Art Studio from a 1910 house. Here, I specialize in fine art portraits of adults, children, horses and dogs in oils, watercolors, pastels and graphite.Join me on my blog as I work in my creative space and share life on my mini farm and studio with you!

Friday, July 6, 2012

One thing about animal portraiture and that is the wonderful array of both animals and their people that I get to know! Of course I often create artwork without meeting the animals (through their owner's photos), but listening to how the owners describe and talk about their pets is the key to painting them accurately!

It's not just the image. It's what is in the owner's heart that makes the difference between artists striving for photographic likenesses or photography vs "painting with your heart." There is a big difference in the final result!

I am a Siamese cat. Obey me!

When I posted this lovely Siamese, Cleo, on Facebook, I said "Dogs will do anything for their humans". And then I added "Owners will do anything for their cats!" In this 14 x 18 pastel that I created with PanPastels, I worked from the owner's photographs-not great ones-but I could compensate from her description of Cleo...her 14 year old Siamese cat.....no let me re-phrase that....her 14 year old "boy", her pride and joy, her rock, her friend, her companion.....her comfort. And knowing what an animal means to it's human and loving them yourself is what makes the final portrait meaningful! Or as my client said:

Monday, July 2, 2012

Look closely and see if you can see the miniature journals they created as well!

Art Journaling is like mixed media-you can have as much or as little art supplies as you want...the more the better...the key is to have them at arms length (reach) so you can grab and create within seconds.....make it simple on yourself and the results will be more than you dreamed!

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Artwork! Portraits! Paintings! A WAY of LIFE!

Hey, what can I say? It really IS the greatest JOB in the world! Yes, you CAN make a living from your art. I have for 18 years. Yes, for real! And I am married to an artist (and that is his sole job, too!)Join me each day and share a day in my world.To view my portraits, visit my website and while you are visiting, pop over to Steve's site and see his plein air OILS.

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Artist entrepreneur, M Theresa Brown is a fine art portrait artist who has created portraits as her livelihood since 1990. Her areas of expertise span from realism to abstracts. She and her artist husband Steve Filarsky together are Filarsky Brown Art Studios LLC and their work can be found on line, in thousands of homes, businesses and corporate centers across the globe!